Apple Has A Plan To Take Over Your Car
Apple first announced iOS in the Car during its keynote at WWDC 2013.
It wasn't the first time they talked about getting into cars. A year earlier, they announced that Apple and a number of automakers were bringing "Eyes Free" controls to cars by letting iOS users access Siri directly from their car's interface.
iOS in the Car takes that idea even further: during its 2013 keynote, it showed a mock-up of a car's interface being completely replaced with the now-familiar iOS 7.
Using Siri or touch input, iOS in the Car lets you call anyone in your phone's contacts.
Or play music from your personal collection or iTunes Radio.
iOS in the Car will also know to give turn-by-turn directions to any address you receive via email or text, which makes last-second coordination much easier to deal with.
You won't need to grab your phone to tell someone you can't text them because you're driving — just respond with your voice and Siri will send the text for you.
Like Google Now, your phone will start to figure out when you're leaving for work and check traffic ahead of time.
Apple is partnering with over a dozen car companies for iOS in the Car and says it plans to begin rolling it out sometime in 2014. Expect to see it in higher-end models first — most entry-level options don't have fancy touch interfaces by default yet.
Here's a video showing what iOS in the Car looks like in a recent beta version of iOS 7.1. iOS in the Car is expected to debut when iOS 7.1 lands sometime in the next few months.
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